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Lv 5
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Find spring constant with mass and distance?

No acceleration. I dont know how to solve this, with k = f/x none of my answers match the choices.

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  • Thomas
    Lv 7
    6 years ago

    You are alright :) You don't need acceleration, you would only need that for the kx^2/2 expression, but you are just looking for k so

    F=kx, so k=F/x the F is just mg so if say you hang mass m and the spring stretches x...

    k=mg/x

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